The Chess Greats of the World Capablanca Daniel Lovas, 2006
The Chess Greats of the World JOSE RAUL CAPABLANCA Copyright by CAISSA KFT English text, diagram titles and layout: Zoltan Molnar Consultant: Tamas Erdelyi Title page: A pa of Sandor Badacsonyi's painting entitled Capablanca Special thanks to Jurgen Stigter, the owner of the painting, for his permission to use it ISBN 963 87032 8 8 Publisher: CAISSA KFT H-6000 Kecskemet, enes ter 18. Tel ax: 0036-76-481-685 E-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Home page: caissachessbooks.com Kecskemet 2006 Printed in Hektograf Nyomda, P spokladany THE CHESS G ATS OF THE WO D CAPABLANCA Edited by Daniel Lovas CAISSA CHESS BOOKS Dear reader, this is an interactive book. It contains 50 chess diagrams, each showing a critical position in which a very strong move follows. You can also take part in the exciting chess fights by trying to find the moves in question. The game itself is always shown on the page a er the diagram. Have fun! * * * Capablanca was the third World Chess Champion (1921-1927) * * * Kedves Olvaso! Ez egy interaktiv konyv: 50 sakl brat tartalmaz, mindegyiken egy kritikus allassal, melyben egy nagyon eros lepes kovetkezik. On is reszese lehet az izgal mas sakkcsataknak azzal, hogy megprobatja megtatalni a kerdeses lepest. Magat a jatsz mat mindig a diagramot koveto oldalon ismertetj k. Jo szorakozast! A kiad6 eloszava E sorozat szerkeszteseben kiad6nkat kettos eel vezerli. Egyreszt e leket kivanunk alli tani a sakkozas egykori nagyjainak es be u tatni napjaink nehany kival6sagat. Masreszt, e zsenialis sakkoz6k legszebb, legjellegzete sebb jatszmainak is ertetesevel, gyonyor kodtetni szeretnenk a sakkjatek rajong6inak nepes taborat, egyuttal elosegitve' az ifju sakkne zedek tudasbeli gyarapodasat is. Kivanjuk, hogy sorozatunk kżteteit forgas sak haszonnal, s feledve a indennapok egannyi gondjat-bajat, nyerjenek fel d lest a "szepseg oazisa" -ban, ahogy Bobby Fiseher nevezte a sakkjatekot. Dr. Erdelyi Tamas 5 Publisher's Note Our aim in compiling this serial is double. Firstly, we wish to raise a monument to the memory of the one-time greats of chess and to introduce some notabilities of our days, too. Secondly, by showing the finest and most typical games of these genial players, we' d like to delight the populous camp of chess fans, and, at the same time, to assist the development of the young chess genera tion. We wish that yo will make good use of these volumes and, forgetting the day's trou bles, you will recreate yourselves by taking a trip to the "oasis of beauty", as Bobby Fischer called chess. Dr. Tamas Erdelyi 6 The Career of Capablanca Jose Rall;l y Graupera Capablanca, the third official World Chess Champion, was bo in 1888 in Havana in a well-to-do family. His father was a Spanish nobleman, his mother was French by birth. The talented youth was fluent in several languages, attended the best schools in the United States, and was at ease in social life. It was as if he had been des tined to be a diplomat. And that is how it turned out. Following his chess successes, he was given a diplomatic commission by the Cuban State to popularize the insular country all over the world by playing chess. Thanks to this, he could lead a life of a rov ing ambassador of chess. He began his chess player's career as a child prodigy. He learned to play at the age 7 of four by watching his father 's games, and at age ten he defeated Juan Corso, the strongest adult player of Cuba in a match. From 190 4 he continued to study in New York, and became a member of the Man hattan Chess Club. In 190 8, he made a sen sational tour in the United States, playing more than 70 0 simultaneous and exhibition games, of which he lost only 14. Another match followed, and another walkover, this time against the USA Champion Frank Marshal1. Just like Morphy, at age 23 Capablanca also crossed the ocean to find worthy oppo nents. At once że showed who he was by coming first in the great tou ament organ ized in San Sebastian in 1911. In the follow ing decade he won several significant tour naments both on the American continent and in Europe, which was just getting out of 8 World War I. He became the number one challenger of the World Champion, Lasker, already in his fifties then. A er ż several years' wrangling, the World Championship was finally held in 192 1 in Cuba. A hard-fought battle, not devoid of psychological elements either, was going on, in which the challenger won four games, ten were drawn, but Lasker could not win a single one. A new champion sat on the throne of the chess world, of whom the legend of invincibility circulated in an even broader circle from now on. Capablanca played in an extremely ef fortless manner, yet with a crystal-clear logic and almost faultlessly. He could instinctively find the simplest yet best moves. In his heyday he was almost unbeat able and in all his life he lost barely more than thirty tou ament games. 9 He also did a great deal to increase the esteem of chess. With his elegant appear ance and irreproachable behaviour he made competitive chess accepted even in higher social circles. His being a man of the world as well as his racional, typically American concept of chess aroused a lot of debate even among his contemporaries. Many peo ple loved him enthusiastically. But some noted chess players addressed severe criti cism to him. Nimzowitsch called him a 'draw hunter' because of his frequent draws. According to Tarrasch, he played the open ings in an undemanding manner, while Brinckman thought that he had not enough fighting spirit. The great rival, Alekhine, also revealed several weaknesses in his play. And he soon got the opportunity to prove that he was right. In the World Championship match 10 played in Buenos Aires in 1 927, 25 games ended in a draw, Capablanca won three, and his challeżger six. So Alekhine became the World Champion, and with this the society of official chess players changed into a high er gear. Those who wanted to get among the best could no longer afford long breaks in competing. In the years around the loss of the world title Capablanca was the most successful tou ament player in the world. Between 1926 and 1929, he was first eight times at ten great tou aments. He o en visited Hun gary too, a country he was particularly fond of. In Budapest, both in 1928 and 1 929, he came first undefeated. But from 1930 he competed more rarely, and even his success a er success was bro ken. True, in 1936 he won the Moscow tour nament unbeaten and did splendidly in 11 Nottingham, too. But now, at age 50, it was not with his tournament wins that he impressed people but by the radiation of his personality. In Cuba the ex world champi on's fiftieth bi hday was declared a nation al holiday, and a memorial stamp was print ed in honour of him. His last notable appear ance as a chess player is also symbolic. At the Buenos Aires Chess Olympiad in 1 939 he played on the first board of the Cuban team, unbeaten. As befits a World Champion, Capablanca has greatly enriched the opinion formed of chess. He made his thoughts clear in his books entitled Chess Fundamentals d My Chess Career, but his opinion of chess can mostly be read out from his games. Reti though that it was in Capablanca's play that the basic principle of modem che.ss, accord ing to which every move is the element of a 12 plan, asse ed itself for the first time. It was not the opponent's psyche he was fighting against but his moves. With this, more than any earlier master, he drew attention to the inner logic of chess and the regularity of positions. His idea of a proper competitor 's attitude is even now considered modem. He avoided one-sided mental strain, so he reg ularly played tennis and went in for riding, taking care of his physical condition. A er his loss to Alekhine he wrote with some self-irony : "From a chess player 's point of view the most important thing is careful training. This is the secret of success, because training is the only possibility for a chess player to better his form." Paradoxical though it may appear, the elegant man of the world he was had been one of the pioneers of scientifically grounded preparation and competing, as well as of today's chess sport. 13 Capablanca, the "great Capa" is one of the legendary world champions. His roman tic walk of life came to an unexpected end in a New York hospital in 1 942. Even today we do not know what the cause of his death was. But with the passage of the years his memory has not dimmed in the posterity's esteem. This volume shows the less-known visage of the endgame-fancier chess genius famed for his positional style. He was also fond of unexpected moves crowning his large-scale strategy, as well as. of brilliant combinative solutions. To become im mersed in Capablanca's games is an experi ence similar to a South Sea diver 's adven ture - a real initiation into the most con cealed secrets of chess. Do set out for this exciting adventure! 14 Capablanca palyafutasa Jose Rżul y Greupera Capablanca, a sak kozas harmadik hivatalos vilagbajnoka 1888-ban, Havannaban sz letett jomodu csaladban. Apja spanyol nemes, anyja fran cia szarmazasu volt. A tehetseges ifju tobb nyelven beszelt, a le obb iskolakat llitogat Allamokban, s otthonosan ta az Egyes lt mozgott a tarsasagi eletben. Mintha diplo fgy matanak szanta volna a sors. is !O ent. Sakksikerei nyoman a kubai aIlamtol dip lomaciai megbizast kapo , hogy a sziget orszagot nepszeriisitse a nagyvilagban. Ennek koszonhetoen ugy elhette eletet, mint a sakkjatek utazo nagykovete. A sakkozoi paIyan csodagyerekkent in dult. A Iepeseket negyeves koraban o hon leste el, tizevesen pedig paros merkozesen 15 legyozte Juan Cors6t, Kuba legerosebb fel nott jatekosat. 190 4-tol New Yorkban foly tatta tanulmanyait, es a Manhattan Chess Club ta a lett. 190 8-ban szenzaci6s korutat Allamokban, s tobb mint tett az Egyes lt 70 0 szimultan es bemutat6 jatszmab61 mind Ujabb paros merkozes ossze 14-et vesztett. kovetkezett, s ujabb folenyes gyozelem, ez uttal az amerikai bajnok, Frank Marshall ellen. Morphyhoz hasonl6an, 23 evesen Capab l ca is atkelt az 6ceanon, hogy melt6 ellen feleket talaIjon. Azonnal letette nevjegyet: 1911-ben elso lett a San Sebastianban ren dezett nagy tornan. A kovetkezo evtizedben az amerikai kontinensen es az elso vilag haborub61 kilabal6 Eur6paban is tObb jelen tos versenyt nyert meg. Az akkor mar otvenes eveiben jar6 vilagbajnok, Lasker elso szamu kihiv6java valt. 16 A vihigbajnoki paros merkozesre tObb eves huzavona utan, 1921-ben, Kubaban ke rii sor. Pszichologiai demeket sem nelk lt lozo, kemŹ ny k zdelem folyt, melyben a kihivo tiz dontetlen mellett negy jatszmat nyert, Lasker viszont egyszer sem tudo Igy gyozni a paros merkozesen. hat uj bajnok lt a sakkvilag tronjara, akirol ettol az idotol meg szelesebb korben terjedt a legyozhetetlenseg legendaja. Capablanca rendkivii konnyeden, mind l azonaltal kristalytiszta logikaval, szinte hi Osztonosen megtalaIta a batlanul jatszott. legegyszerii megis le obb lepeseket. bb, Fenykoraban szinte verhetetlen volt, s egesz eleteben alig vesztett narmincmil tObb ver senyjatszmat. Sokat tett a sakkozas megbecs lesenek noveIeseert is. Elegans me elenesevel es kifogastalan viselkedesevel a magasabb tar- 17 sadalmi korokben is e1fogadotta tette a versenyszerii sakkozast. N agyvilagi eletvi tele es a sakkozasrol vallott racionaIis, jel legzetesen amerikai felfogasa sok vitat vaI tott ki mar a kortarsak kozott is. Sokan rajongva szerettek. Nehany neves sakkozo viszont kemeny kritikat fogalmazott meg rola. Nimzovics remis-vadasznak nevezte gyakori dontetlenjei miatt. Tarrasch szerint igenytelenul jatszotta a megnyitasokat, Brinckmann szerint nem volt eIegge kuzd6 szellemu. A nagy vetelytars, Aljechin is tObbfele gyengeseget fedezett fel jatekaban. Hama ros alkalma nyilt, hogy bizonyitsa igazat. A Buenos Airesben 1927-ben lejatszott vilagbajnoki merk6zesen 25 dontetlen me 1- lett Capablanca harom jatszmat nyert, kihivoja hatot. Aljechin lett a vilagbajnok, s ezzel a hivatasos sakkozok tarsadalma na- Ht gyobb sebessegfokozatra kapcsolt. Aki a legjobbak koze akart kerulni, nem enged hetett meg tObbe maganak hosszu kihagya sokat a versenyzesben. Capablanca a vilagbajnoki dm elvesztese koruli evekben a vilag legeredmenyesebb tomajatekosa volt. 1926 es 1929 kozo tiz nagy versenyen nyolcszor lett elso. Tobb szor megfordult Magyarorszagon is, melyet kiilonosen kedvelt. 1928-ban es 1929-ben Budapesten veretlen l lett elso. 1930 -t6l viszont ritkabban versenyzett, sikersorozata is megtort. Igaz, 1936-b ve reseg nelk l nye e a moszkvai tomat, es ragyog6an szerepelt a no inghami verse nyen is. Hatasat azonban ekkor mar, otven evesen nem versenygyozelmeivel fejte e ki, hanem szemelyisegenek kisugarzasaval. Kubaban az exvilagbajnok otvenedik sz le tesnapjat nemzeti nnepnek nyilvanito ak, 19 tiszteletere emlekbelyeget nyomtattak. Jel kepes utols6 jelentos sakkoz6i fellepese is. A Buenos Aires-i sakkolimpian Kuba csapa hit vezette veretlen l. Sakkvihigbajnokhoz melt6an, Capablan ca jelentosen gazdagitotta a sakkjatekr61 ki alakult fe1fogast. Gondolatait Chess Funda mentals (A sakk sarkalatos kerdesei) es My Chess Career (Sakkpalyafutasom) cimii konyveiben is kifejtette, de sakkr61 vallott felfogasa elsosorb jatszmaib61 olvashat6 ki. Reti szerint nala ervenyesiilt eloszor a modem sakk alapelve, mely szerint minden lepes egy terv eleme. Capablanca nem az ellenfel pszicheje ellen harcolt, hanem a Iepesei ellen. Ezzel minden korabbi mester nel jobban rairanyitotta a figyelmet a sakkjatek belso logikajara, az allasok tOr venyszerii nek segeire. Ma is korszerii sza mit6 felfogast vallott a helyes 'versenyzoi 20 magatartasr61. Kerii lte az egyoldalu szellemi terhelest, rendszeresen teniszezett, lovagolt, ugyelt fizikai eronletere. Aljechin elleni veresege utan irta, nemi onkritikaval: "A sakkjatsz6 szempon ab61 a le ontosabb: a gondos trenin Ez a siker titka, mert a trening az e etlen lehetosege a sakkoz6nak, ho formajat javitsa." Bar milyen paradoxul hangzik is, de az elegans vilagfi a tudomanyosan megalapozott felke sz Ies es versenyzes, a mai sakksport egyik uttoroje volt. Capablanca, a "nagy Capa", a legendas vilagbajnokok koze tartozik. Regenyes elet utja varatlanul ert veget 1942-ben egy New York-i k6rhazban. Ma sem tudjuk, miben halt meg. Az ido mulasaval azonban emleke nem halvanyult az ut6kor szemeben. Ez a kotet a pozici6s stilusar61 nevezetes, veg jatekokat kedvelo sakkzseni kevesbe ismert 21 areat villantja fel. Nem voItak idegenek toIe a nagyivii strategiat megkoromizo varatlan Iepesek, a virtuoz kombinacios megoIdasok sem. CapabIanea jatszmaiba eImeIyedni egy deItengeri buvarkaIandhoz hasonIo eImeny, igazi beavatas a sakkjatek Iegrejtettebb titkaiba. Va on beIe on is ebbe izgalmas kalandba! 22 G e 1 An Unexpected Horse-Kick V atl lo gas J. Capablanca - W. Morris New York 1911 ite to pl : 26? 23 Game 1 J. Capablanca - W. Morris New York 1911 Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 e6 3 c3 d5 4 exd5 exd5 5 d4 f6 6 żg5 że6 7 żxf6 gxf6 8 dxc5 żxc5 9 żb5 t c6 10 0-0 0-0 11 d3 YJld6 12 żc6 bxc6 13 a4 żb6 14 b6 axb6 15 żfel c5 16 że3 f4 17 c3 żfd8 18 a3 żf5 19 b5 d6 20 żdl żac8 21 a4 c4 22 żd4 b5 23 dI wh8 24 żh4 żg8 25 d4 d7 26 że7!! xe7 27 xf5 (27 e5 28 xh7t wxh7 28 ... h5#) 1- 0 G e 2 Grabbing a Pawn Hopp, e p aszt! J. Capablanca - F. Benyon New York 1913 ite to pl : 33? 25 Game 2 J. Capablanca - F. Benyon New York 1913 Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 c6 3 d4 cxd4 4 xd4 f6 5 c3 d6 6 że2 g6 7 0-0 żd7 8 że3 żg7 9 h3 0-0 10 d2 a6 11 Had 1 c7 12 b3 Had8 13 żh6 żc8 14 żxg7 wxg7 15 e3 e5 16 f4 że6 17 d5 żd5 18 exd5 e7 19 c4 f5 20 e4 21 c3 b6 t 22 d4 Hc8 23 wh 1 xd4 24 Hxd4 wg8 25 f5 Hce8 26 b4 c7 27 g3 e7 28 g6 g6 29 c5 dxc5 30 d6 e5 31 xe5 Hxe5 32 bxc5 d7 33 żxa6 bxa6 34 Hx t wx 35 c6 we8 36 c7 Hc5 37 Hxe4 t w 38 He7 f)f6 39 d7 xd7 40 Hxd7 1- 0 26 G e 3 A Convincing A Being Shot On the Head s s Meggyozo, mint a t k6n loves J. Capablanca - G. Wolbrecht St Louis 1909 ite to pl : 29? 27 Game 3 J. Capablanca - G. Wolbrecht St Louis 190 9 Petroff Defence 1 e4 e5 2 flf6 3 flxe5 d6 4 e4 5 d4 d5 6 żd3 żd6 7 0-0 żg4 8 Hel f5 9 c4 c6 10 flc3 0-0 11 cxd5 żxh2 t 12 wxh2 flx 13 e2 flxd3 14 xd3 żx 15 żg5 xg5 16 x h4 t 17 h3 xd4 18 Had 1 f4 t 19 wgl d6 20 He6 c5 t 21 whl cxd5 22 Hxd5 23 He7 fl t 24 wh2 f4 t 25 g3 h6 t 26 wg1 flc6 27 Hxb7 Hae8 28 Hdd7 g6 29 g5! 1- 0 28 G e 4 A Bit Too Thick Ciki szi J. Capablanca. - E. Michelsen New York 1915 ite to pl : 28? 29 Game 4 J. Capablanca - E. Michelsen New York 1915 PetrolfDefence 1 e4 e5 2 ż Łlf6 3 żxe5 d6 4 ż że4 5 d4 d5 6 żd3 żd6 7 0-0 0-0 8 c4 że6 9 He I f5 10 c5 że7 11 że5 żd7 12 żxd7 żd7 13 żf6 14 He5 że8 15 Hxd5 c8 16 He5 żf6 17 żc4 t wh8 18 He2 c6 19 żf4 b6 20 żc3 fJc7 21 d3 Hd8 22 Hae1 bxc5 23 dxc5 żb5 24 żxb5 cxb5 25 żd6 żc6 26 żd5 żxd5 27 xd5 g6 28 He7 !!Hd7 29 Hxd7 1- 0 30 G e 5 Be Bloody, Bold, And Resolute Le vakmero, veres es szil r d J. Capablanca - F. Marshall' New York 1909 ite to pl : 21? 31 Game 5 J. Capablanca - F. Mar hall s New York 190 9 Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 fl fle6 3 @b5 f5 4 fle3 flf6 5 e2 fld4 6 d4 exd4 7 exf5 t @e7 8 fle4 0-0 9 flxf6 t @Xf6 10 0-0 d5 11 @d3 e5 12 h5 e7 13 e4 dxe4 14 @xe4 t wh8 15 d3 e5 16 g4 . @d7 17 a4 @e7 18 @d2 e2 19 Hael xd2 20 Hxe7 @e8 21 f6! h6 22 xh6 gxh6 23 Hfe1 @xa4 24 Hxb7 Hae8 25 Hxe8 Hxe8 26 Hxa7 @dl 27 h3 h5 28 g5 h4 29 f4 @h5 30 f5 H 31 He7 Hb8 32 Hxe5 1- 0 32 G e 6 One Too Many Knights L6b61 is meg a sok J. Capablanca - O. Bernstein S Sebas 1911 White to pl : 28? 33 Game 6 J. Capablanca - O. Bernstein San Sebastian 19 11 Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 fl flc6 3 żb5 flf6 4 0-0 że7 5 flc3 d6 6 żxc6 t bxc6 7 d4 exd4 8 xd4 żd7 9 żg5 0-0 10 Hel h6 11 żh4 h7 12 że7 xe7 13 d3 Hab8 14 b3 flg5 15 Hadl e5 16 e3 fle6 17 flce2 a5 18 flf5 flc5 19 fled4 wh7 20 g4 Hbe8 21 fle6 22 fle2 xa2 23 fleg3 xc2 24 He 1 b2 25 h5 Hh8 26 He2 e5 27 f4 b5 28 ffxg7! flc5 29 flxe8 że8 30 c3 f6 31" f6 t wg6 32 h5 Hg8 33 f5 t wg5 34 e3t 1- 0 34 G e 7 The Strength of Infant men A gyalogosok ereje J. Capablanca - E. Tennenwurzel New York 1913 White to pl : 18? 35 Game 7 J. Capablanca - E. Tennenwurzel New York 19 13 Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 fl flc6 3 flc3 flf6 4 żb5 żb4 5 0-0 0-0 6 żc6 dxc6 7 d3 He8 8 h3 h6 9 fle2 flh5 10 g4 flf6 1 1 flg3 flh7 12 flf5 żxf5 13 gxf5 f6 14 flh2 h4 15 wg2 Had8 1 6 f4 żd6 17 g4 f6 18 d4! exf4 19 e5 żxe5 20 dxe5 xe5 21 żf4 e4 t 22 wg 1 flf6 23 g2 flh5 24 xe4 Hxe4 25 żc7 Hd7 26 ża5 He3 27 H He2 28 He 1 c5 29 żc3 b5 30 a3 żf6 31 żxf6 gxf6 32 flg4 Hdd2 33 H Hx 34 ż Hd5 35 flg4 1- 0 36 G e 8 Grand And Spectacular Latv yos es nagysze i J. Capablanca - F. Dus-Chotimirsky St Petersburg 1913 ite to pl : 30? 37 Game 8 J. Capablanca - F. Dus-Chotimirsky St Petersburg 1 913 Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 fl flc6 3 żb5 a6 4 ża4 flf6 5 0-0 że7 6 Hel b5 7 żb3 d6 8 c3 fla5 9 żc2 c5 1 0 d4 c7 11 flbd2 flc6 1 2 flfl cxd4 13 cxd4 żg4 1 4 d5 fld4 15 żd3 0-0 16 że3 Hac8 17 żxd4 exd4 18 a4 1M'b6 19 axb5 axb5 20 h3 żx 21 x fld7 22 Hec1 flc5 23 b4 fla4 24 Hxc8 Hxc8 25 e5 g6 26 e6 H 27 fJg3 b7 28 flf5 e6 29 dxe6 c7 30 c6! flxe7 t xe7 32 żxb5 flc3 33 d7 xd7 34 żxd7 Hb8 35 e7 wfl 36 Hel He8 37 że8 t wxe8 38 He6 d5 39 wfl flb5 40 we2 flc7 41 He5 fla6 42 b5 flb4 43 b6 d3t 44 wd2 wd7 45 e8lM' t wd6 46 e7 t wc6 47 xb4 1 -0 38 G e 9/1 Assault And Battery Te eges b m as J. Capablanca - O. Chajes New York 1913 ite to pl : 23? 39 Game 9/1 J. Capablanca - O. Chajes New York 1913 Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 ż że6 3 żb5 a6 4 ża4 żf6 5 0-0 b5 6 żb3 że7 7 d4 d6 8 e3 żg4 9 że3 0-0 10 żbd2 ża5 11 że2 He8 12 b4 exd4 13 exd4 że6 14 a3 ż 15 Hel że7 16 e5 dxe5 17 dxe5 żx 18 x żd7 19 h3 żg6 20 f4 żb6 21 fl że4 22 żg5 h6 23 żxfi! f5 t wg8 25 xg6 'flxe3 26 h7 t wfl 27 żb3t że4 28 Hfdl b8 (See diagram) 40 G e 9/2 A ng Is Swept Away By Popular Anger Egy k elsopor a nep ag J. Capablanca - O. Cbajes New York 1913 ite to pl : 29? 41 Game 9/2 J. Capablanca - O. Cbajes New York 1913 Ruy Lopez 29 Hxc4! bxc4 30 żc4 t we7 31 żf5 ż6t 32 wfl 1- 0 42 G e 10 Overrun Lerohamis J. Capablanca - J. Blackburne St Petersburg 1914 ite to pl : 26? 43 Game 10 J. Capablanca - J. Blackburne S t Petersburg 1914 Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 c6 3 żb5 żd4 4 żxd4 exd4 5 0-0 g66 d3 żg7 7 żd2 że7 8 f4 c6 9 żc4 d5 10 żb3 0-0 11 c5 12 e5 b5 13 c3 c4 14 żc2 dxc3 15 bxc3 ża5 16 żd2 żg4 17 d4 b6 18 żbl a6 19 h3 żf5 20 g4 żxc2 21 żxc2 f5 22 wh2 żc6 23 żg1 żd8 24 gxf5 " żxf5 25 ż4 ż5 26 żxg6! hxg6 27 żxg6 b8 28 żxg7 t wxg7 29 żg 1 t w 30 żg6 żxh3 t 31 wm3 1 -0 44 G e 11 A Splendid Combination E remekbe szabo kombi J. Capablanca - M. Fonaroff New York 1918 ite to pl : 17 45 Game 11 J. Capablanca - M. Fonaroff New York 191 8 Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 fl flc6 3 żb5 flf6 4 0-0 d6 5 d4 żd7 6 flc3 że7 7 He1 exd4 8 flxd4 xd4 9 żxd4 żxb5 10 flxb5 0-0 11 żc3 c6 12 d4 fld7 13 flf5 żf6 14 żg3 fle5 15 żf4 żc7 16 Hadl Had8 17 Hxd6! Hxd1 że5 20 flh6t wh8 21 żxe5 żxe5 22 flx t f7 1 -0 46 G e 12/1 Break-Through A ores J. Capablanea - R. Blaneo Havana 1913 ite to pl : 19? 47 Game 1211 J. Capablanca - R. Blanco Havana 1913 French Defence 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 ż3 dxe4 4 fu.e4 'Łld7 5 żgf6 6 żxf6 t żxf6 7 że5 żd6 8 c6 9 c3 0-0 10 żg5 że7 11 żd3 że8 12 h3 f5 13 żxe7 xe7 14 0-0 Hf6 15 Hfel żd6 16 He2 żd7 17 Hael He8 18 c4 ż 19 d5! żxe5 20 Hxe5 g6 21 h4 wg7 22 d4 c5 23 c3 b6 24 dxe6 żc8 25 że2 że6 26 ż w 27 żd5 d6 28 e3 He7 29 h6 wg8 30 h4 a6 31 h5 f4' 32 hxg6 hxg6 (See diagram) 48 G e 12/2 The Decisive Sac "Pops O " a donto aldozat "Eldordfil J. Capablanca - R. Blanco Hav a 1913 ite to pl : 33? 49 Game 12/2 J. Capablanca - R. Blanco Havana 1913 French Defence 33 Hxe6! (33... H e6 34 e6 eż 35 } xg6t) 1- 0 50 G e 13 A Masterly Stroke Husz agas J. Capablanca - A. Alekhine St Petersburg 1914 ite to pl : 31 ? 51 Game 13 J. Capablanca - A. Alekhine St Petersburg 1914 French Defence 1 d4 e6 2 e4 d5 3 ż3 flf6 4 @g5 h6 5 @Xf6 xf66 exd5 @b4 7 @b5 t c6 8 dxc6 flxc6 9 flge2 0-0 1 0 0-0 żd8 11 fle4 h4 12 @Xc6 bxc6 13 f4 @a6 14 c3 @ 15 e 1 h5 16ż c5 17 flxc5 @xc5 18 dxc5 xc5 19 fld4 żd5 20 h3 żad8 21 e3 e5 22 fxe5 żxe5 23 e7 24 flc6 żel t 25 żxel xel t 26 wh2 żd7 27 fld4 @d3 28 g3 bl 29 b8 t wh7 30 e8 żb7 31 fle6 ! fl t wg8 34 fld7 t wh7 35 c5 el 36 f5 t wg8 37 xb5 żxd7 38 że2 dl 39 że8 t wh7 40 f5 t g6 41 e5 f6 42 xf6 d6t 43 xd6 żxd6 44 że7 t wg8 45 żxa7 1- 0 52 G e 14 The Triumphal March of a Pawn E por diadalu a J. Capablanca - R. Reti New York 1924 ite to pl : 36? 53 Game 14 J. Capablanca - R. Reti New York 1924 French Defence 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 flc3 f6 4 żg5 że7 5 e5 fd7 6 żxe7 xe7 7 d2 0-0 8 f4 c5 9 c6 10 dxc5 4)xc5 11 żd3 f6 12 exf6 xf6 13 g3 żd7 14 0-0 xd3 15 cxd3 że8 16Hfel żg6 17 b5 e5 18 c3 d4 19 e4 że4 20 Hxe4 exf4 21 Hxf4 d6 22 He1 Hxf4 23 xf4 xf4 24 gxf4 wfS 25 He4 He8 26 w h6 27 e5 xe5 28 e5 w 29 wfl Hd8 30 Hg4 g5 31 h4 wg632 hxg5 hxg5 33 we4 wh5 34 Hgl wh4 35 e6 g4 36 e7! 1 -0 54 G elS Black Is Given a Raw Deal SOtettel kibab J. Capablanca - R. Spielmann S Sebasti 191 1 ite to pl : 30? 55 Garne 15 J. Capablanca - R. Spielmann San Sebastian 1911 Queen s P n Opening 1 d4 d5 2 c5 3 c3 f6 4 e3 c6 5 dxc5 e5 6 b4 c7 7 żb2 że6 8 bd2 że7 9 że2 0-0 10 0-0 Had8 11 c2 żg4 12 e4 dxe4 13 xe4 xe4 14 xe4 f5 15 c4t wh8 16Had1 e4 17 d4 e5 18 b3 że2 19 xe2 g4 20 g3 f4 21 Hxd8 Hxd8 22 e6 g3 23 xg4 gxh2t 24 whl e5 25 Hel Hd2 26 Hxe4 c7 27 żcl Hx 28 żf4 d8 29 Hxe7 WJ 30 xg7 !! (30 xg 7 3 J He8t g8 32 że5t) ... t 1- 0 56 G e 16 Struck By Lightning Befit a me yk6 J. Capablanca - C. Jaffe New York 1910 ite to pl : 19? 57 Game 16 J. Capablanca - C. Jaffe New York 1910 Queen s Gambit 1 d4 d5 2 żf6 3 e3 c6 4 c4 e6 5 żc3 żbd7 6żd3 żd67 0-0 0-0 8 e4 dxe4 9 że4 żxe4 10 że4 żf6 11 żc2 h6?! 12 b3 b6 13 żb2 żb7 14 d3 g6?! 15 Hael ż5 ? 16żcl wg7 17 Hxe6! ż6 18 że5 c5 19 żxh6 ! t wxh6 20 ż t (20 f7 t p 21 xg6#) P 1-0 58 G e 17 The King Is Ba ed A kir81 ak n yi J. Capablanca - D. Janowski New York 1918 ite to pl : 30? 59 Game 17 J. Capablanca - D. Janowski New York 1918 Queen s Gambit 1 d4 d5 2 ż żf6 3 e4 e6 4 żg5 żbd7 5 e3 e6 6żbd2 że7 7 żd3 dxe4 8 żxe4 0-0 9 0-0 e5 10 Hel b6 11 e2 żb7 12 Hfdl fld5 13 żd6że614 że4 f5 15 że7 xe7 16fled2 e5 17 dxe5 flxe5 18 flxe5 xe5 19 e7 20 żd4 exd4 21 Hxe6 żb4 22 że4 wh8 23 He6 t d3 24 Hxd3 e5 25 Hd4 b5 26żxb5 a2 27 że4 żb4 28 h5 g6 29 Hxg6 Had8 30 Hg7! 1- 0 60 G e 18/1 Assault Fire On the ng Oss a ki a J. Capablanca - R. Scott Has gs 1919 ite to pl : 22? 61 Game 18/1 J. Capablanca - R. Scott Hastings 191 9 Queen s Gambit 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 flf6 4 e3 e6 5 flbd2 flbd7 6 żd3 żd6 7 0-0 0-0 8 e4 dxe4 9 e4 flxe4 10 że4 flf6 11 żc2 b6 12 d3 h6 13 b3 e7 14 żb2 Hd8 15 Had1 żb7 16 Hfe1 Hac8 17 flh4 żb8 18 g3 w 19 wg8 20 flf5 c7 21 flxh6 t w 22 d5! ! cxd5 23 żf6 gxf6 24 xf6 we8 (See diagram) 62 G e 18/2 I Come Bury Caesar Teme jo em Caesa J. Capablanca - R. Has gs 1919 ite to pl : 25? 63 Game 1812 J. Capablan - R. Scott Hastings 1919 Queen s Gambit 25 Hxe6t! ! e6 26 żxe6 t <;!I 27 żf6 t 1- 0 64 G e 19 A Bellicose Knight On the m H cias husz a bla szelen J." Capablanca - Em. Lasker New York 1924 ite to pl : 26? 65 Game 19 J. Capablanca - Em. Lasker New York 1924 Queen s Gambit 1 d4 ż6 2 c4 c6 3 flc3 d5 4 cxd5 cxd5 5 flc6 6 żf4 e6 7 e3 że7 8 żd3 0-0 9 0-0 ż5 10 że5 f5 11 żcl flf6 12 żxf6 gxf6 13 ż4 wh8 14 f4 żg8 15 ż żd7 16 ż3 że8 17 a3 żg7 18 żg3 żxg3 19 hxg3 żc8 20 wfl fla5 21 flc4 22 e2 fld6 23 żh 1 fle4 t 24 żxe4 e4 25 g4 f5 26 flxfS! h5 28 g4 żc6 29 g5 wg8 30 flxd5 ż 31 flxe7 t xe7 32 g4 hxg4 33 h7 t w 34 ż6 żg8 35 f5 t wg7 36 żxc6 bxc6 37 wg3 e6 38 xg4 xf5 t 39 wxf5 żd5 40 b4 a6 41 wg4 żc4 42 f5 żb3 43 wf4 żc2 44 we5 w 45 a4 wg7 46 d5 żxa4 47 d6 c5 48 bxc5 żc6 49 we6 a5 50 f6 t 1- 0 66 G e 20 Ge ing Tough Capa bekemenyit J. Capablanca - N. Zuba v Moscow 1925 ite to pl : 34? 67 Game 20 J. Capablanca - N. Zubarev Moscow 1925 Queen s Gambit 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 dxc4?! 4 e4! c5 5 d5 exd5 6 exd5 ż6 7 żxc4 żd6 8 0-0 0-0 9 żg5 żg4 10 ż3 flbd7 11 fle4 } 12 żxf6 c7 flxf6 13 flxf6t gxf6 14 h3 żh5 15 że1 żfe8 16 } a6 17 a4 żg6 18 żd3 Y}} 19 fld2! b3 d7 że7 20 żxg6! fxg6 21 fle4 wg7 22 } c3 że5 23 } żb2?! 24 flg5 ! żae8 25 fle6t wf7 xc5 26 żab1 że5 27 } b3 żb8 29 g3 c4 żc8 28 } } d7 32 żxe7 t wxe7 d630 ż4 żce8 31 że6 } 33 } żxf4 34 żel t! ! że5 35 d6t! we6 xb7! 36 } wf5 37 } wg5 38 } wf5 39 b3t d3t e3t } we6 40 } t wxd6 41 żd1 t we7 42 e4t c4 żxd7 t Wxd7 43 } xa6 1 -0 68 G e 21 A King In a Hot Spot G v , felseg! J. Capablanca - A. Alekhine Buenos Aires 1927 White to pl : 29? 69 Game 21 J. Capablanca - A. Alekhine Buenos Aires 1927 Queen s Gambit 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 c3 f6 4 bd 7 5 żg5 c6 6 e3 a5 7 d2 żb4 8 c2 0-0 9 żh4 c5 10 b3 a4 1 1 żxf6 xf6 12 dxc5 e4?! 13 cxd5 żxc3 1 4 bxc3 xc5 15 Hd I! exd5 16 t Hxd5 xb3?! 17 axb3 c6 18 Hd4 He8 19 żd3! xg2 20 żxh7 tw 21 że4 h3 22 d2 że6 23 c4 a5 24 Hgl xh2 25 Hhl c7 26 b2 c5 27 żd5 Ha6? 28 He4 Hd6 29 Hh7! we7 30 xg7 wd8 31 żxe6 e6 32 xb7 \Wb4 t 33 xb4 axb4 34 c5 Hc635 Hxb4 Hxc5 36 Ha7 1-0 70 G e 22 "err Spielmann Is Dumbfounded Spielm n lees alla J. Capablan - R. Spielmann New York 1927 ite to pl : 18? 71 Game 22 J. Capablanca - R. Spielmann New York 1927 Queen s Gambit 1 d4 d5 2 fl e6 3 <;4 fld7 4 flc3 flgf6 5 żg5 żb4 6 cxd5 exd5 7 a4 żc3 t? 8 bxc3 0-0 9 e3 c5 10 żd3 c4 11 żc2 e7 12 0-0 a6 13 Hfe1 e6 14 fld2! b5 15 a5 ! fle4 16fu.e4 dxe4 17 a4 d5 18 axb5! ! 18 xg5 19 że4 Hb8 20 bxa6! Hb5 21 c7 flb6 22 a7 żh3 23 Heb1 Hxb1 t 24 Hxb1 f5 25 ż f4 26 exf4 1- 0 72 G e 23 Capa Is Not To Be ifled With Capa nem vele , ho pack z J. Capablanca - H. Matisons K lsbad 1929 White to pl : 19? 73 Game 23 J. Capablan - H. Matisons Karlsbad 1929 Nimzo-Indian Defence 1 d4 żf6 2 c4 e6 3 żc3 żb4 4 Wc2 c5 5 dxc5 żc66 żxc5 7 żf4 d5 8 e3 Wa5 9 że2 żb4 1 0 0-0 żc3 11 bxc3 0-0 12 Habl Wa3 13 Hfd1 b6 14 cxd5 żxd5 15 żg5 f5 16ż Wc5 17 c4 żdb4 18 'M'b3 e5 19 a3! ża6 20 żxc6 1- 0 74 Game 24 Not Every Knight On the Rim Is Dim Nem m den husz a szelen idetlen J. Capablanca - D. Janowski New York 1924 ite to pl : 36? 75 Game 24 J. Capablanca - D. Janowski New York 1924 English Opening 1 d5 2 g3 c5 3 żg2 c6 4 0-0 e5 5 c4 d4 6 d3 żd6 7 e3 ge7 8 exd4 cxd4 9 a3 a5 10 bd2 g6 11 He1 0-0 17 c2 He8 13 b3 h6 14 1 że6 15 h4 Hc8 16c5 żb8 17 c4 f6 18 żd2 wh8 19 b4 axb4 20 axb4 a7 21 c 1 b5 22 h2 e7 23 Hal Hc7 24 Ha5 żd7 25 b6 żc6 26 c4 a7 27 d5 żxd5 28 xd5 f5 29 f6 30 h5 e7 31 g4 f4 32 e4 ec6 33 Haal Hce7 34 g6 35 He6 36 h4! xf6 gxf6 40 żxg8 Hxg8 41 f5 42 żf4 ec6 43 g6t wh7 44 że5 xe5 45 Hxe5 żxe5 46 Hxa7 1 -0 76 G e 25 The Ballad of the Buried Queen Az elteme ezett vezer balladaja J. Capablanca - E. Colle B celona 1929 ite to pl : 26? 77 Game 25 J. Capablanca - E. Colle Barcelona 1929 English Opening 1 c4 żf6 2 ż c5 3 żc3 żc6 4 d4 cxd4 5 żxd4 żxd4? 6 żxd4 g6 7 e4 d6 8 że3 żg7 9 ża5 10 żd2! a6 11 że2 że6 12 Hcl Hc8 13 b3 żd7 14 0-0 0-0 15 żd5 żd8 16 ż4! żxd5 17 cxd5 Hxcl 18 Hxcl żb8 19 żc4 żb2 20 Hc2 żf6 21 f4 Hd8 22 żc7 ża8 23 żg4 ż5 24 e5 ! żg7 25 żxe7 h5 26 e6! hxg4 27 edI t wh7 28 żh4 t żh629 f5 g5 30 żxg5 1 -0 78 G e 26 No Buggering Around Capa nem lacafac J. Capablan - C. Alexander No ngh 1936 ite to pl : 39? 79 Game 26 J. Capablanca - C. Alexander No ingham 1936 English Opening 1 e4 e5 2 fle3 fle6 3 g3 g6 4 żg2 żg7 5 d3 flge7 6 fld5 0-0 7 h4fld4 8 żg5 f6 9 żd2 e6 10 flxe7 t xe7 11 e3 fle6 12 fle2 f5 13 e2 b6 14 f4 żb7 15 fxe5 żxe5 16 0-0-0 d5 1 7 d4 żg7 18 exd5 exd5 19 wb1 Hae8 20 fle3 d7 21 He I flc7 22 b3 wh8 23 h5 g5 24 h6 żf6 25 Hhfl że7 26 dl e8 27 g4 g6 28 gxf5 Hxf5 29 Hxf5 xf5 t 30 wal H 31 h 1 d3 32 flb I żd6 33 ż f5 34 Hfl g6 35 Hgl że7 36 fle3 g8 37 e4 fl 8 żg2 ż 39 żxg5! żxg5 40 Hfl xfl t 41 żfl dxe4 42 żg2 fle6 43 żxe4 ża6 44 żb1 1- 0 80 G e 27 A Dea y S b Hal los dafes A. Ni owi ch - J. Capablanca S Sebas 1911 Black to pl : 33 . ? . . 81 Game 27 A. Nimzowitsch - J. Capablanca San Sebastian 1911 Sicilian Defence 1 e4 e6 2 d3 d5 3 żd2 e5 4 żg 4Jc6 5 że2 żd6 6 0-0 e7 7 Hel żge7 8 e3 0-0 9 a3 f5 10 żfl żd7 11 exd5 exd5 12 b4 Hae8 1 3 żb2 b6 14 d4 e4 15 że4 dxe4 16 że4 t wh8 17 żg5 żxh2t 18 whl żf4 1 9 4Jf7t Hxfi 20 żxfi Hf8 21 żh5 żg8 22 e4 d8 23 Wl h4 t 24 h3 x 25 He2 g3 26 xg3 żxg3 27 e5 żee7 28 ż żb5 29 He2 ż6 30 a4 żd3 31 Hee 1 że4 32 b5 Hf6 33 że4 żf2! 0 -1 82 G e 28 Ex u on vegzes J. Mieses - J. Capablanca Be 1913 Black to pl : 43 ... ? 83 Game 28 J. Mieses - J. Capablan Berlin 1913 Middle Gambit 1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 xd4 że6 4 e3 ff6 5 że3 żb4 6żd2 0-0 7 0-0-0 He8 8 g3 że4 9 żxe4 Hxe4 10 żf4 f6 11 ż3 d6 12 żd3 żd4 13 że3 żg4 14 żg5 Hxe3 15 xg4 ż2 t 16 że2 Hxe2 17 ż4 Hxe4 18 xe4 g5 t 19 f4 b5 20 e3 że5 21 Hhe1 e6 22 Hd5 d7 23 f5 e624 Hd2 d5 25 że7 26 Hde2 żf6 27 h5 h6 28 g4 wh7 29 wbl Hd8 30 Hdl e5 31 h3 a4 32 Hed2 e4 t 33 wal b5 34 g2 a4 35 wbl b4 36 exb4 xb4 37 a3 a4 38 Hxd5 Hb8 39 Hl d2 e4 40 g3 Hb3 41 d6 e3 42 He2 exb2 43 Hd3 e4! He3! 0 -1 84 Game 29 Proletarian's Fist Proletarokol (oda sujt, ahova koll... ) I. Gunsberg - J. Capablan St Petersburg 1914 Black to pl : 25... ? 85 Game 29 I. Gunsberg - J. Capablanca St Petersburg 1 914 King s Gambit 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 żc4 f6 4 flc3 żb4 5 e5 d5 6 żb3 fle4 7 flfl c6 8 że2 żc3 9 dxc3 g5 10 fld2 żf5 1 1 e4 żxe4 12 żd2 fld7 13 c4 że7 14 cxd5 cxd5 15 żc3 0-0-0 16 e6 flf6 17 exfi żxfi 18 0-0-0 he8 19 h4 h6 20 hxg5 hxg5 21 h6 e6 22 żxf6 xf6 23 żg4t f5 24 dhl fl 25 h7 fxg2! 26 lh6 gl żt 0 -1 86 G e 30/1 A Bolting S Egy megbo osodott csat en A. Alekhine - J. Capablanca St Petersburg 1914 Black to pl : 23 . .? . 87 Game 30/1 A. Alekhine - J. Capablanca St Petersburg 1 914 Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 c6 3 żb5 d6 4 d4 exd4 5 xd4 żd7 6 c3 f6 7 0-0 że7 8 f5 ? żf5 9 exf5 0-0 10 He I?! d7 11 d5 żf6 12 c3 b6 13 xf6t żxf6 14 żc6? bxc6 15 ż Hfe8 16że3 c5 1 7 He2 He5 1 8 Hael Hae8 19 żb7? żxf5 20 żxc7 że6! 21 żxa7 d5 22 wfl f4 23 Hd2 xg2! żh3 t 26 we2 (See diagram) 88 G e 30/2 With I n Hand Vasszigor A. Alekhine - J. Capablan St Petersburg 1914 Black to pl : 26 .? . . 89 Game 30/2 A. Alekhine - J. Capablanca St Petersburg 1914 Ruy Lopez 26" " " Hxe3t! 27 fxe3 żxe3 t 28 wdl żxel t 29 wc2 że4t 30 wb3? żc6 31 a4 d5 32 a5 żb5 t 33 wa3 Hb8 34 wa2 h6 35 a6 żb3t (36 wbl He8 37 He2 Hel 38 Hel He2 --+) t 0 -1 90 G e 31 A Most Vicious Move E folo ebb gonosz hUzas s. Tarrasc" - J. Capablanca St Petersburg 1914 Black to pl : 34. .? . 91 Game 31 S. Tarrasch - J. Capablanca St Petersburg 1914 Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 ż6 3 żb5 a6 4 ża4 flf6 5 ż3 że7 6 0-0 b5 7 żb3 d6 8 a4 b4 9 d5 żg4 10 e3 Hb8 11 że4 xe4 12 d4 bxe3 13 bxe3 0-0 14 żxa6 exd4 15 exd4 b4 16 flxb4 Hxb4 17 żb5 ż 18 gx g5 19 Ha3 żf6 20 f4 fle6 21 Hh3 Hxd4 22 Wh5 h6 23 Hg3 wh8 24 Wf5 żh4 25 Hh3 Wf6 26 Wg4 żg5 27 że3 xf4 28 żxd4 xh3t 29 whl We6 30 W żd2 31 Wd3 ża5 32 że6 d5 33 Hel f4 34 We3 żd2! Wa3 Hb8 0 -1 92 G e 32 Capa Pounces Capa odacsap G. Ma y - J. Capablanca New York 1924 Black to pl : 35. .? . 93 Game 32 G. Maroczy - J. Capablanca New York 1924 Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 ż żc6 3 żb5 a6 4 ża4 żf6 5 0-0 że7 6 że 1 b5 7 żb3 0-0 8 c3 d6 9 h3 ż5 10 żc2 c5 11 d3 flc6 12 żbd2 d5 13 ż1 dxe4 14 dxe4 że6 15 żd2 ża7 16żg5 żc4 17 że3 żd3 18 żxd3 xd3 19 żf5 h620 że3 d8 21 ż żd7 22 c2 c4 23 żxe7 t xe7 24 a4 żfd8 25 axb5 axb5 26 żee 1 e6 27 że3 żd3 28 żd2 że7 29 ż5 30 ż1 f5 31 ż g6 32 h2 g5 33 że3 ż4 34 żg3 żxe3 35 żxe3 żg2! 36 że2 ż4 37 żd2 ż 38 ż1 ' h5 39 ż żeg6 40 dl ż4 41 żd8 ż t 42 hl ż3 43 żxd3 cxd3 44 xd3 f4 45 dl żf6 46 ża8 t h7 47 d5 żg5 48 g8 t g6 49 e8 t ż 50 c8 t 51 g 1 g3t f7 52 f1 53 g4 t xg4 54 hxg4 g5 55 ża5 ż656żd3 xg4 57 że5 t g3 0 -1 94 G e 33 A Kn k-Out For e King K.O. a k R. Re - J. CapabJan Be 1928 Black to pl : 17... ? 95 Game 33 R. Reti - J. Capablanca Berlin 1928 Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 flc6 3 żb5 d6 4 c3 a6 5 ża4 f5 6 d4 e4 7 flg5 exd4 8 flxe4 flf69 żg5że7 1 0 żxd4 b5 11 flxf6t gxf6 12 żd5 bxa4 13 żh6żd7 140-0 żb7 15 żg7 0-0-0 16ż8 fle5 17 żdl żf3! 0 -1 96 G e 34 It's Time Shake Hands Lehet kezet D jt i A. Nimzowitsch - J. Capablanca New York 1927 Black to pl : 46. . ? . 97 Game 34 A. Nimzowitsch - J. Capablanca New York 1927 Caro-Kann Defence 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 żf5 4 żd3 żxd3 5 xd3 e6 6 flc3 b6 7 flge2 c5 8 dxc5 żxc5 9 0-0 fle7 10 fla4 c6 11 flxc5 xc5 12 że3 c7 13 f4 flf5 '14 c3 flc6 15 żadl g6 16 g4 flxe3 17 xe3 h5 18 g5 0-0 19 fld4 b6 20 ż żfc8 21 a3 żc7 22 żd3 fla5 23 że2 że8 24 wg2 flc6 25 żed2 żec8 26 że2 fle7 27 żed2 żc4 28 h3 wg7 29 ż a5 30 że2 flf5 31 flxf5 t gxf5 32 fJ wg6 33 żed2 że4 34 żd4 żc4 35 b5 36 wg3 żcxd4 37 cxd4 c4 38 wg2 b5 39 wgl b4 40 axb4 axb4 41 wg2 !.Wcl 42 wg3 !.Whl 43 żd3 żel 44 ż żdl 45 b3 żcl 46 że3 żn! 0 -1 98 G e 35 Disciplining the Cheeky Infantrymen KOnnere k e t J. Corzo y Prinzipe - J. Capablanca Hav a 1913 Black to pl : 21 . . ? . 99 Game 35 J. Corzo y Prinzipe - J. Capablanca Havana 19 13 Queen s Pawn Opening 1 d4 f6 2 c4 d6 3 c3 flbd7 4 e4 e5 5 f4 exd4 6 Wxd4 flc5 7 że3 We7 8 fld5 xd5 9 exd5 żf5 10 fl g6 1 1 w Hg8 12 He 1 żg7 13 Wdl fle4 t 14 wgl w 1 5 żd4 g5 16 żxg7 t Hxg7 1 7 fld4 żd7 18 f5 We5 19 Wd3 He8 20 fle6t fxe6 21 fxe6Hxe6 22 dxe6 żc6 23 W t Wf4 24 We3 we7 25 b4 b6 26 b5 żb7 27 g3 fld2! 28 Wc3 fl t 29 w WfS 30 c5 fle5 t 31 wgl t 32 w bxc5 33 Wa5 fle5 t 34 wgl W 35 Wxc7 t wf636Wxd6Wxhl t 37 w 'lYxh2t 0 -1 100 G e 36 Tactic Is the Spice of Chess A taktika a sakkjatek sava-borsa F. Dus-Choti rsky - J. Capablanca St Petersburg 1913 Black to pl : 15 . .? . 101 Game 36 F. Dus-Chotimirsky - J. Capablanca St Petersburg 1913 Queen s P n Opening 1 d4 d5 2 żf6 3 żf4 c5 4 c3 b6 5 c2 cxd4 6 cxd4 żc6 7 żc3 żd7 8 e3 c8 9 c 1 e6 1 0 że2 że7 11 0-0 0-0 12 1 a5 13 żd2 a6 14 żb3 b4 15 żc5 żxd4! 16 exd4 żxc5 17 a3 xd4 18 żg3 że7 19 cd1 1M'b6 20 że5 żc6 21 d3 żd7 22 3 f5 23 żf4 d4 24 a2 f6 25 żg5 dxc3 26 żf6 żd5 27 xd5 exd5 28 że7 cxb2 29 żd3 c1 30 żb4 a5 31 żxf5 axb4 32 żxh7 t w 33 t f6 34 axb4 b5 0-1 102 G e 37 Petit Combinaison Kiskombinaci6 E. Bogoljubov - J. Capablanca New York 1924 Black to pl : 31... ? 103 Game 37 E. Bogoljubov - J. Capabl anca New York 1924 Queen s P n Opening 1 d4 ili6 2 d5 3 e3 e6 4 żd3 c5 5 b3 c6 e7 9 e5 cxd4 6 0-0 żd6 7 żb2 0-0 8 bd2 } 10 exd4 ża3 11 żxa3 } 12 d żd7 13 xa3 xc6 żc6 14 } Hac8 15 c3 a6 16 e5 d2 żb5 17 żxd3 18 tflxd3 Hc7 19 Hac 1 Hfc8 20 Hc2 e8 21 Hfc1 d6 22 e5 } 23 a4 a5 } xb3 25 c5 b6 26lTh2 } b6 24 d3 } a7 27 } e 1 b6 28 d3 Hc4 29 a5 bxa5 30 żc5 żb5 31 He2 d4! ! 32 cxd4 H8xc5 0- 1 104 G e 38/1 More Than Enough Compensation T obb, m t elegendo ellene ek F. Marshall - J. Capablanca New York 1927 Black to pl : 24 ? ... 105 Game 38/1 Marshall - J. Capablanca New York 1927 Queen s P n Opening 1 d4 ż6 2 ż e6 3 żg5 c5 4 c3 @b6 5 @c2
cxd4 6 żd4 żc6 7 e3 d5 8 żd2 żd7 9 ill że4 10 żf4 f6 11 żd3 e5 12 żxe4 dxe4 13 @xe4 0-0-0 14 żg3 exd4 15 0 -0 dxe3 16a4 He8 17 @d3 ex t 18 whl @e3 19 @dl żg4 20 Hx h5 21 @fl ż 22 Hx @e2 23 @g 1 h4 24 Hel hxg3! 25 Hxe2 Hxe2 26Hxg3 żd6 27 @fl Hhe8 28 @f5 t wb8 29 H H8e5 30 @d3 Hel t 31 Hfl Hd5 32 @ że5 33 @ Hxfl t 34 @xfl (See diagram) 106 G e 38/2 Never Underestima a Knight! Soha ne becs lj le e lovat! F. Marshall - J. Capablanca New York 1927 Black to pl : 34. .? . 1 Game 38/2 F. Marshall- J. Capablan New York 1 927 Queenż' P n Opening 34... żg4! ! 0 - 1 108 G e 39 Winning a R k In an Insolent Manner Arcatl bas yeres o. Bernstein - J. Capablanca Moscow 1914 Black to pl : 29. . ? . 109 Game 39 O. Bernstein - J. Capablan Moscow 1914 Queen s Gambit 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 c3 ff6 4 f3 e7 5 g5 0-0 6 e3 bd7 7 He 1 b6 8 cxd5 exd5 9 a4 żb7 10 a6 ża6 11 xa6 c5 12 żf6 f6 13 dxc5 bxc5 14 0-0 b6 15 e2 c4 16 Hfd 1 Hfd8 17 d4 b4 18 b3 Hac8 19 bxc4 dxc4 20 Hc2 żxc3 21 Hxc3 d5 22 Hc2 c3 23 Hdcl Hc5 24 b3 Hc6 25 d4 Hc7 26 b5 Hc5 27 xc3 c3 28 Hxc3 Hxc3 29 Hxc3 b2! 0-1 110 Game 40 A Sac G s Bang E aIdozat eldordul v. Ala ev - J. Capablanca Moscow 1935 Black to pl : 22... ? 111 Game 40 V. Alatortsev - J. Capablan Moscow 1935 Queen s Gambit 1 d4 ż6 2 c4 e6 3 żc3 d5 4 żg5 że7 5 e3 0-0 6 cxd5 żxd5 7 żxe7 xe7 8 żxc3 9 bxc3 b6 10 że2 żb7 11 0-0 c5 12 że5 żc6 13 żxc6 żxc6 14 żf3 Hac8 15 a4 cxd4 16 cxd4 g6 17 żxc6 Hxc6 18 d3 7 19 Hfb 1 Hfc8 20 h3 a6 21 a3 Hc2 22 d6 Hxf2! g3 He2 0 -1 112 G e 41 Swapping Down To a Won Ending Lebonyolitas nyert ve atekra A. Alekhine - J. Capablanca New York 1927 Black to pl : 30. . ? . 113 Game 41 A. Alekhine - J. Capablan New York 1927 Queen s Indian Defence 1 d4 ż6 2 c4 e6 3 fl b6 4 g3 żb7 5 żg2 c5 ?! 6 d5! exd5 7.flh4 g6 8 flc3 żg7 9 0-0 0-0 10 żf4 d6 11 cxd5 flh5 12 żd2 fld7 13 f4? a6 14 żf3? flhf6 15 a4 c4 16 że3 c7 17 g4 flc5 18 g5 żd7 19 f5 Hfe8 20 żf4 że5 21 żg4 flb3 22 g6 hxg6 23 Hb1 żxc3! 24 bxc3 c5 t 25 e3 fle5 26 ż fld3! 27 whl żxd5 28 Hxb3 f4 29 Hb1 Hxe3 30 flg2 Hxf3! żxf3 34 x xg5 35 Hel' Hxe1 t 36 Wxe 1 gl t 37 wd2 xh2t 38 wc1 e5 39 wb2 wg7 40 fl b5 41 !Wb6 bxa4 42 xa6 e2t 0- 1 114 G e 42 Entangled In a Mating Net Ma aI6ba gabalyodva E. Bogoljubov - J. Capablan Bad ssingen 1928 Black to pl : 4 J . .? . 115 Game 42 E. Bogoljubov - J. Capablan Bad Kissingen 1928 Queen s Indian Defence 1 d4 flf6 2 c4 e6 3 fl b6 4 flc3 żb7 5 żg5 że7 6 e3 fle4 7 że7 xe7 8 flxe4 żxe4 9 fld2 żb7 10 że2 g5 11 ż żx 12 x flc6 13 g3 'tWxg3 14 hxg3 we7 15 g4 h6 16 a3 a6 17 we2 b8 18 fle4 b5 19 c5 d5 ! 20 cxd6 t cxd6 21 f4? c8 22 f5 ? fla5 23 wd3 flc4 24 abl d5 ! 25 flc3 c6 26 e6 e6 27 g5 hxg5 28 5 wf6 29 3 ac8 30 fle2 a5 ! 31 t wg6 32 g4 fld6 33 flc3 b4 34 axb4 axb4 35 fldl c2 36 b3 37 al fle4 38 e2 8c6! 39 bl e5 ! 40 al 6c4 41 a5 flc5t ! 0 -1 116 G e 43 Magic S e ds Taltos p p F. Marshall - J. Capablan New York 1931 Black to pl : 22. . ? . 117 Game 43 F. Marshall - J. Capablan New York 1 931 Queen s Indian Defence 1 ż żf6 2 d4 e6 3 e4 b6 4 g3 żb7 5 żg2 żb4 t 6 żd2 żxd2t 7 żbxd2 0-0 8 0-0 e5 9 dxe5 bxe5 1 0 Hel że7 11 żb3 d6 12 żd2 że6 1 3 Hfdl Hfd8 14 ż4 a5 15 a4 Hab8 16 He3 ża8 17 h3 żb4 1 8 ża8 Hxa8 19 żf4 że6 20 H Hd7 21 g4 żxa4 22 Hxd6 żbd5 ! 23 że5 Hxd6 24 żxd6 że4 25 że5 żxe4 26 Hd3 a4 27 żef6 28 ż2 że 1 t 29 w h6 30 f4 e4 31 Hd4 e3 32 bxe3 a3 33 g5 a2 34 żb3 żxe3 35 gxf6 żxb3 36 Hdl żxdl 0 -1 118 G e 44 Annoyingly Wi y Bossz t6 szellemes J. Enevoldsen - J. Capablanca Buenos Aires 1939 Black to pl : 31 . .? . 119 Game 44 J. Enevoldsen - J. Capablanca Buenos Aires 1939 Nimzo-Indian Defence 1 d4 ż6 2 c4 e6 3 flc3 żb4 4 c2 0-0 5 a3 żxc3t 6 xc3 d6 7 g3 e7 8 żg2 e5 9 d5 a5 10 b3 flbd7 11 fl flc5 12 fld2 żf5 13 0-0 flfe4 14 flxe4 że4 15 żg6 16 że3 b6 17 b4 fld7 18 Hfc 1 axb4 19 axb4 f5 20 f4 exf4 21 gxf4 flf6 22 h3 Hxal 23 Hxal He8 24 Ha3 żh5 25 c2 fle4 26 żd4 h4 27 e3 e 1 t 28 wh2 ż 29 Ha2 He7 30 a4 w 31 as fld2! flx t 35 wg3 flxd4 0-1 120 G e 45 A Fine Finish Cs os befejezes Ed Lasker - J. Capablan L e Hopatcong 1926 Black to pl : 32 . . ? . 121 Game 45 Ed Lasker - J. Capablanca Lake Hopatcong 1926 English Opening 1 d4 flf6 2 fl e6 3 g3 c5 4 c4 cxd4 5 d4 d5 6 żg2 e5 7 fl .e4 8 flfd2 dxc4 9 ża4 t żd7 10 żxc4 e3 11 fxe3 żc6 12 0-0 żxg2 13 wxg2 że7 14 flc3 0-0 15 fl flbd7 16 e4 żc8 17 !MJ5 a6 18 żf5 żc5 19 żf4 żc4 20 że3 żc5 21 fld2 żb4 22 b3 że7 23 a3 że3 24 żxe3 żb6 25 żad 1 że6 26 b4 żc8 27 żd4 żd6 28 fld5 flxd5 29 exd5 żxe2t 30 wgl flf6 31 flb3 żxd5 32 ż żxdl ! żxd l t 34 wg2 flg4 35 żb6 h5 36 flc5 że8! 0 -1 122 Index of Opponents Numbers refer to games. A bold number indicates that Capablanca was White. Alatortsev 40 Lasker, Ed 45 Alekhine 13, 21, 30 , 41 Lasker, Em. 19 Alexander 26 Maroczy 32 Benyon 2 Marshall 5, 38, 43 Bemstein 6, 39 Matisons 23 Blackbume 10 Michelsen 4 Blanco 12 Mieses 28 Bogoljubov 37, 42 Morris 1 Chajes 9 Nirnzowitsch 27, 34 Colle 25 Reti 14, 33 Corzo y Prinzipe 35 Scott 18 Dus-Chotimirsky 8, 36 Spielmann 15, 22 Enevoldsen 44 Tarrasch 31 F onaroff 11 Tennenwurzel 7 Gunsberg 29 Wolbrecht 3 Jaffe 16 Zubarev 20 J anovski 17, 24 123 Index of Openings Numbers refer to games. A bold number indi cates that Capablanca was White. Caro-Kann Defence 34 English Opening 24-26, 45 French Defence 12-14 King's Gambit 29 Middle Gambit 28 Ni zo-Indian Defence 23, 44 Petroff Defence 3-4 Queen's Gambit 16-22, 39-40 Queen's Indian Defence 41 -43 Queen's Pawn Opening 15 Ruy Lopez (Spanish) 5-11, 30-33 Sicilian Defence 1-2, 27 124 Symbols Check t , tt Double check # Checkmate Good move ! ! Excellent move ? Bad move ?? Blunder ! ? Interesting move ?! Dubious move +- Winning advantage for White -+ Winning advantage for Black 1-0 White wins 0-1 Black wins 125 Already available volumes of The Chess Greats of the World: Judit Polgar Bobby Fischer Paul Morphy Further volumes coming out soon: Veselin Topalov Peter Leko Alexander Alekhine Mikhail Tal 126 Other titles in CAISSA C SS BOOKS: Attila Schneider: Open Games Semi-Open Games The Art of Giving Mate Chess Cafe Queen's Pawn Opening - Pseudo Benoni (in co uthorship with i) The Complete Dragon - Yugoslav Attack The Complete Sicilian 1-11 D Emil Gelenczei: The Little Book of Chess Blindness J6zsejPalk6vi: o Knigh ' Defence Sandor deki: The Pirc Defence 127